Weather Journal: Clouds and Rain Arrive Thursday

A man looks out at a empty Bryant Park lawn as people waited for the official opening of the lawn at 12:30 pm on Wednesday.

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Greater New York’s stellar spring weather disappears on Thursday, thanks to a warm front that will bring clouds and rain to the region for the next few days.

The front will slowly approach from the southwest on Thursday and Friday, and then lift north of the tri-state area from Friday night into Saturday. Most of Thursday’s showers will occur during the morning and mainly in western parts of the region, so commuters should set out for the day armed with umbrellas. A few showers could linger throughout the day, and there’s a very small chance of isolated thunderstorms developing over northwestern parts of the area on Thursday night.

An onshore breeze at around 10 miles an hour and significant cloud cover will result in cooler temperatures on Thursday. Highs will be between five and 10 degrees below normal, ranging from around 60 degrees in New York City to the middle 50s in eastern Long Island. Lows on Thursday night won’t differ too much from daytime highs and will generally be around a mild 50 degrees.

Friday will also be gray, with a chance of showers, but temperatures return to near normal levels. The day’s highs should reach into the middle and upper 60s, and stay a bit cooler along the coast. The warm front moves through the region Friday night into Saturday morning. Showers and partly cloudy skies remain in the weekend forecast, but the warm front will help to push temperatures into the middle 70s on Saturday and Sunday.